If you’re following the Young Entrepreneurs Challenge then you’ll have seen our five finalists announced recently. These talented young entrepreneurs will go head to head at our Grand Final on 1st March, competing for the £10,000 Grand Prize!
We wanted to get to know our finalists a little better, and allow you to get an insight of who they are and what they’re about.
Today we talk to our fourth finalist, Lisa Rossi from Italy. Hi Lisa, tell us a little bit about yourself!
“Hello everyone, my name is Lisa Rossi, I am 24 years old and from Rome in Italy. I am currently a PhD student in Engineering at the University of Cambridge.”
Tell us a little more about your future ambitions?
“My ambition is to improve health and circularity through the use of digital technology. I would like to explore the various ways in which digital technologies can help to reach sustainability objectives in order to make the world safer and to use available resources more effectively.
I would like to deploy my project because it tackles hearing loss in industry, affecting workers and people in the workplace, hence it will make a positive impact on people’s lives, and the wellbeing of staff.”
How did you find the application process?
“I found the application process was pretty straight forward! I did ask some questions to the Unloc chat team who were super responsive and helpful, therefore I would like to thank them!”
What inspired you to come up with your business idea?
“I have worked in the manufacturing and Oil & Gas industries where I witnessed this noise problem first-hand.
Industrial environments are really loud making it really difficult to communicate. In fact, fellow colleagues were taking off their hearing protection to hear, exposing themselves to hearing damage.
I realised that this problem is irreversible with drastic life-changing consequences so decided to tackle it with my teammates.”
If you win the Grand Prize, how do you plan on using the funding?
“If I win the competition I would like to use the funding to build an MVP that can be tested in industrial environments to gain customer engagement, validate our product-market fit, and improve our technology.
Testing the technology in the field and engaging with workers would bring us closer to enhancing safety and communication in the workplace with SoundLence.”
Lisa thank you so much for talking to us. We wish you the best of luck in the Grand Final on the 1st March!
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